Lazopoulos G, Papastavrou L, Kantartzis M
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Athens Medical Center, Athens, Greece.
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Mar;59(2):121-3. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1250099. Epub 2011 Mar 7.
Myxoid liposarcoma usually develops in the retroperitoneum or deep soft tissues of extremities. Synchronous cardiac and abdominal metastases are extremely rare. We describe the case of a 63-year-old man, with a history of a thigh liposarcoma, treated by resection, chemotherapy and postoperative radiotherapy 13 years ago. Patient now presented with an intracardial, a pericardial and an abdominal mass, identified as metastatic myxoid liposarcomas. He eventually underwent successful emergency sternotomy and subsequent laparotomy for tumor resection.